Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County, FL: non-irrigated cash rent $52 an acre (2023); land and buildings $5,657 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 12055. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Irrigated cash rent stands at $352 per acre in 2026, and 83 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, with 82 percent of that water drawn from groundwater. The census market value of land and buildings reached $5,657 per acre in 2022, up 44.8 percent from 2017. The July nightly low trend since 1976 runs 0.69 F per decade warming, with the 2017-2026 average at 73.8 F against a 1991-2020 normal of 72.3 F.
too few 2023 county surveys in the state to compare
FL median $343 · 2nd highest of 5
FL median $6,645 · 20th lowest of 61
FL median $6.45 · 11th lowest of 52
FL median 33% · 16th lowest of 62
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands County | $52 2023 | $352 | $5,657 | $3.95 |
| DeSoto County | $41 2025 | $191 2025 | $6,531 | $4.62 |
| Glades County | — | — | $4,623 | $4.43 |
| Hardee County | $14 2024 | — | $6,616 | $5.08 |
| Okeechobee County | $41 | — | $5,713 | $4.60 |
| Polk County | $26 2023 | $190 2023 | $7,140 | $4.54 |
| Median next door | $41 1 co. | — | $6,531 | $4.60 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Highlands County, Florida. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/florida/highlands-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.